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Scythris limbella (Fabricius, 1775)

A local and rare species in Belgium, seldom recorded.

The larva lives in a web amongst the shoots and flowers of Atriplex and Chenopodium.

The adults fly in two generation a year; during June and July and again in September.


Belgium, Antwerpen, Schoten, 21 July 2006.
(Photo © Adriaan Peeters)
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